 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; d deem'd their dignity increased. m. In Venice Tasso's echoes are no mor Iwiow. Though high abort the sun of glory glow, And far btxtatJi the earth and ocean spread, Roxiul... | |
 | 1847 - 482 pages
...its narrow policy and its superstitions, and the partizans of these became naturally his enemies ; " He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of all below." — BYRON. In those dark ages, before the press had erected a fair tribunal of appeal,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 848 pages
...1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and enow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the eanh and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 424 pages
...that " He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow. He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 408 pages
...1 [" He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | 1853 - 732 pages
...subjected to the rivalries, the envy, the jealousy, and even the malice, ofttimes, of his opponents, but " he who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below." It is a beautiful manifestation of that vein of goodness which permeates the whole human character... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow t He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow, Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 pages
...loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow j He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down upon the hate of those below ; Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow, Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1851 - 352 pages
...XLV. He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down...high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked... | |
 | James Roche - 1851 - 624 pages
...parallel; for where could the baneful passion find such a victim, or batten on such a prey ?—But " He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. ****** Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head; And thus reward... | |
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He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean... 
